Kunmo Koo, PhD
Senior Research Associate, NUANCE Center
Northwestern University
JG14, Technological Institute
2145 Sheridan Road
Evanston, IL 60208-3113
Phone: 847-467-4992
Email: kunmo.koo@northwestern.edu
Educational/Research Background
| 2024-Present | Senior Research Associate, Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, Evanston, IL |
| 2021-2024 | Research Associate, Northwestern University Atomic and Nanoscale Characterization Experimental (NUANCE) Center, Evanston, IL |
| 2020-2021 | Post-Doc Researcher, Interdisciplinary Materials Measurement Institute, Korea Research Institute of Standards and Science (KRISS), Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
| 2013-2020 | Ph.D. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
| 2009-2013 | B.S. in Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST), Daejeon, Republic of Korea |
Research Objective
- Development, implementation, and application of novel devices and instrumentation for in situ electron microscopy to achieve high spatial, temporal, and spectral clarity.
- Nanoscale investigations of liquid-solid and gas-solid interfaces.
- Exploring electron beam-mediated reaction chemistry of soft and hard materials.
Publications and Supported Works
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- K. Koo, Z. Li, Y. Liu, S. M. Ribet, X. Fu, Y. Jia, X. Chen, G. Shekhawat, P. J. M. Smeets, R. d. Reis, J. Park, J. M. Yuk, X. Hu, and V. P. Dravid, “Ultrathin Silicon Nitride Microchip for in-situ/operando Microscopy with High Spatial Resolution and Spectral Visibility”, Science Advances, 10, eadj6417, 2024
- Y. Liu, K. Koo, Z. Mao, X. Fu, X. Hu, and V. P. Dravid, “Unraveling the Adsorption-limited Hydrogen Oxidation Reaction at Palladium Surface via in situElectron Microscopy”, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences USA (PNAS), 121, 40, e2408277121, 2024 (Direct Submission)
- K. Koo, B. Shen, S. -I. Baik, Z. Mao, P. J. M. Smeets, I. Cheuk, K. He, R. d. Reis, L. Huang, Z. Ye, C. Mirkin, X. Hu, and V. P. Dravid, “Formation Mechanism of High-index Faceted Pt-Bi Alloy Nanoparticles by Evaporation-induced Growth from Metal Salts”, Nature Communications, 14, 3790, 2023
- K. Koo, J. Park, S. Ji, S. Toleukhanova, and J. M. Yuk, “Liquid-Flowing Graphene Chip-Based High-Resolution Electron Microscopy”, Advanced Materials, 33, 2, 2005468, 2021
- K. Koo, Y. Liu, Y. Cheng, Z. Cai, X. Hu, and V. P. Dravid, “Advances and Opportunities in the Closed-cell Gas Transmission Electron Microscopy”, Chemistry of Materials, 36, 9, 4078-4091, 2024 (Invited Review)
- K. Koo, J. H. Chang, S. Ji, H. Choi, S. H. Cho, S. J. Yoo, J. Choe, H. S. Lee, S. W. Bae, J. M. Oh, H. S. Woo, S. Shin, K. Lee, T. -H. Kim, Y. S. Jung, J. -H Kwon, J. H. Lee, Y. Huh, S. Kang, H. Y. Kim, and J. M. Yuk, “Abnormal Silicon Etching Behaviors in Nanometer-Sized Channels”, Nano Letters, 24, 16, 4900-4907, 2024 (Supplementary cover)
- K. Koo, S. M. Ribet, C. Zhang, P. J. M. Smeets, R. d. Reis, X. Hu, and V. P. Dravid, “Effect of the Encapsulation Membrane in Operando Scanning Transmission Electron Microscopy”, Nano Letters, 22, 10, 4137-4144, 2022
- K. Koo, K. S. Dae, Y. K. Hahn, and J. M. Yuk, “Live Cell Electron Microscopy Using Graphene Veils”, Nano Letters, 20, 6, 4708-4713, 2020